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OSHA Injury Report: American Blanching Co

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at American Blanching Co in Fitzgerald, GA 31750 resulted in days away from work. Employee was granulation Assistant in seeds, snack (e.g., canned, cooked, roasted, salted) manufacturing.

Establishment
American Blanching Co
Parent company
American Blanching Company, Inc.
Street
155 Rip Wiley Road
City
Fitzgerald
State
GA
ZIP
31750
On-site location
Under the staircase inside the granulation department
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
180

Reeling up an air hose which she had been using to clean under equipment

While reeling up the air hose EE was standing on floor level at the hose reel adjacent to the staircase. On the 2nd floor level and EE was sweeping and pushed a tool box that was on the floor of the second level against a toe board connected to the staircase. Upon hitting the toeboard a wrench popped out of the tool box and projected over the toe board falling to the 1st level and impacting the EE on the right forehead causing a small laceration.

Laceration to the right forehead

Crescent wrench

Right front forehead

Job description
Granulation Assistant
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
311911 — Seeds, snack (e.g., canned, cooked, roasted, salted) manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
356
Total hours worked
667613
EIN
581926957
Establishment ID
580944
Employer case #
23_302
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:15:00.000
Submitted
28FEB24:21:37:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.